 alanocu says: The smiling 41-year-old priest was strapped to a seat attached to a huge column green, red, white and yellow balloons, and soared into the air to the cheers of a crowd. He was reported missing about eight hours later after losing contact with port authority officials. The priest wanted to break a 19-hour record for the most hours flying with balloons to raise money for a spiritual rest-stop for truckers in Paranagua, Brazil's second-largest port for agricultural products. "He knew what he was doing and was fully prepared for any kind of mishap." Apparently not...I can't imagine what makes people do this stuff, but i'm old and not inclined towards foolishness... there's GOTTA be a better way to raise money! Talk about getting to heaven the hard way.  That's not the type of adventure a person can practice, so he obviously wasn't that well prepared. Lawnchair Larry Flies! When he cut the cord anchoring the lawn chair to his jeep, he didn't float lazily up to 30 or so feet. Instead he streaked into the LA sky as if shot from a cannon. He didn't level of at 30 feet, nor did he level off at 100 feet. After climbing and climbing, he leveled off at 11,000 feet. At that height he couldn't risk shooting any of the balloons, lest he unbalance the load and really find himself in trouble. So he stayed there, drifting, cold and frightened, for more than 14 hours. Then he really got in trouble. http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/~acody/larry.html The Brazilian air force today suspended its search as hopes of finding him alive faded. The navy continued to patrol waters off the coast of Santa Catarina state, but it was considering halting operations, according to the Reuters news agency. Brazilian newspapers and TV stations have shown images of bits of balloons floating a... Intrepid, fearless little explorer, it's sad to think he's popped his last balloon. |
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